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Microsoft's bid for Yahoo--it's a Tom Cruise story

Microsoft's bid for Yahoo--it's a Tom Cruise storyproblem with fameSometimes fame thinks it's fame from is it's own doing. You're assuming Thomas Microsoft Cruise sees something is amiss with himself. Isn't there some Ballmer commandment: Thou shalt not let feelings get in the way for the pursuit of greed and...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., Tom Cruise, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Microsoft's bid for Yahoo--it's a Tom Cruise story

Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk puts Microsoft's bid to acquire Yahoo in layperson terms. I once went to dinner with a very well-known TV actress. When she flew to New York to do Regis and Kelly, she stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in New York. The...

Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Tom Cruise, Yahoo! Inc., Legend, Story, Microsoft Corp., Branding, Gender And Diversity, Marketing, Human Resources, Chris Matyszczyk

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Tom Cruise at CES

Yahoo keynote stars Semel, big namesDuring the address by Yahoo Chairman and CEO Terry Semel, Tom Cruise talks tech and shows the "Mission Impossible" trailer, then Ellen DeGeneres makes everyone laugh.

Tags: Tom Cruise

Videos 2006-01-06

Video: Yahoo CEO Terry Semel and Tom Cruise at CES

Video: In keeping with the tradition of trotting out stars at CES with movies or music to promote, former Hollywood mogul and now Yahoo CEO Terry Semel called upon his old friend Tom Cruise, as well as Ellen DeGeneres, to spice up his keynote, which suffered a few glitches. Cruise...

Tags: movie

Blog posts 2006-01-06

Additional Resources

Google celebrates birthday of H.G. Wells

Hey Garett2 Google logos leading up to H.G. Wells Birthday. Are you sure that this is all it's about? When is the last time Google had previous logos leading up to a birthday...Are you sure?Why not?I cannot think of any other author, except, Jules Verne, to have...

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

News to know: Microsoft's layoffs, Google's profits, Win7 netbooks, White House tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft: 'We are not immune' to economy; Cuts 5,000 jobs; Earnings fall short Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft...

Tags: Google Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, White House, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-23

Touch: the most evil technology in modern computing

Touch: the most evil technology in modern computingRE: Touch: the most evil technology in modern computingWell, it all depends. When it's my nine-year-old's sticky fingers, it bugs me a lot more when it's my own. I think the trick is the surface you are touching.Buggy..."Having people's messy hands...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, evil technology, modern computing, keyboard, computing

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

Take his BlackBerry out of his cold, dead hands

Take his BlackBerry out of his cold, dead handsI don't use a Blackberry, but......assuming it supports encrypted e-mail and voice communication, is properly secured passworded and encrypted, he uses only his official e-mail account for government business, and he keeps it backed up on the White House system, I don't...

Tags: Handhelds, blog host, RIM BlackBerry, dead hand, cold, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-01-08

Classic Books Library in PDF format. Over 2,000 works by Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain & MORE (Mobile)

The largest PDF library for your computer, Sony Reader, iPhone, Smartphone, BlackBerry, or any PDA. Over 2,000 complete works by Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Edgar Poe, Conan Doyle, Dostoevsky, and more. PDFs have NO password security or other restrictions. The library is delivered as 29 collections, organized by...

Tags: Mobile, Adobe PDF, Library, MobileReference, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-01-05

Welcome to MegaTom

Tom Raftery, analyst at Greenmonk and another Irregular pinged me this morning to let me know about a new community: MegaTom. Born out of an idea from Gavin Starks and Simon Wardley, MegaTom seeks to act as the hub around which people can discuss the many green issues facing our...

Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Tom, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Denon DHT-FS3

After you've heard a few virtual surround speakers, you realize there's not a whole lot of surround sound coming out of these things. Yes, the better ones project sound beyond the width of the speaker and well into the room, but only if you're sitting directly in front of the...

Tags: subwoofer, Denon DHT-FS3, Denon, speaker

Product reviews 2008-10-30

Microsoft vs. Apple: the multi-touch war

Microsoft vs. Apple: the multi-touch warJust doesn't seem naturalThe idea of using both hands and touching to tell the computer what to do, to me seem unnatural. I'd rather have a truly voice directed PC that would seem more natural and useful.here is why I think multi-touch is a...

Tags: Multitouch, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., multi-touch

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Would you abort George Clooney

Would you abort George ClooneyWowNot willing to take on controversial topics, are you? Good luck with this one. :)Here's my two cents: Genetic research and the possibility of using it to "purify" the gene pool using whatever criteria can be justified reminds me of an episode of the old Muppet...

Tags: George Clooney, gene

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

News to know: Google; Microsoft; eBay; SAP; Apple

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google’s second quarter: What to expect   Deb Perelman: The Techie Hall of Shame Phil Wainewright: How much is a unit of cloud computing? Joe McKendrick: Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it' Robin...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA

Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...

Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-30

See the demo of Windows 7 multi-touch

See the demo of Windows 7 multi-touchOld news Mary Jo....My rep has given me alpha access to a Touch Wall in my palatial office. The walls were installed and loaded with the latest code. Pretty quickly I was using the walls like Tom Cruise in Minority Report, moving around servers...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Keyboards, wall, Windows 7 multi-touch, Microsoft Windows, multi-touch, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Powerset shows semantic search solution

Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Do open source developers deserve a premium?

Today we have another one of those reports that tend to drive me crazy. It's from the Bluewolf Group of New York, located just off Madison Square Park, which calls itself "the world's leading provider of professional services for on-demand software applications." But it's not...

Tags: Open-source Developer, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Cryogenically frozen RAM bypasses all disk encryption methods

Cryogenically frozen RAM bypasses all disk encryption methodsYour correct.If you lock up your system and store in a safe when not in use then no one can get to it. As long you are using and in possession of the computer they can't do this. Also for those who are...

Tags: Memory, RAM, disk encryption method, Cryogenically, disk encryption

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

Steve Ballmer then and now?

Steve Ballmer then and now?Steve Ballmer - Monkey CEOI can't think of a time when I could take Steve seriously as the CEO of Microsoft. He would rattle some rant about how .net was a platform and Java was a language. He would also rattle on about how...

Tags: Corporate communications, video, Steve Ballmer, second video, Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-28